'India beat climate milestones, will submit update'

India will submit an expanded set of climate commitments, its revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) through 2035, along with its first Biennial Transparency Report on schedule next month, environment minister Bhupender Yadav said in Belém, Brazil, on Monday.

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"India's emissions intensity has declined by over 36% since 2005, and non-fossil sources now account for more than half of our total electric power installed capacity (currently around 256GW), an NDC target achieved five years ahead of our 2030 goal," the minister said at the 30th edition of the Conference of Parties (CoP30). The announcement reinforces India's alignment with the Paris Agreement when countries are under pressure to scale up their climate ambitions.